"This is a hanging coffin, a coffin hanging on a cliff."
I was shocked again by what the fourth uncle said.
What the hell, coffins are not always buried in the ground. Even if they are placed in water, they are very rare. Why are there still coffins placed in the sky?
The fourth uncle saw that I was puzzled, so he explained the reasons.
"Wen Shan, you should know that the feng shui of ancestral graves is related to the luck of future generations, including the earth's energy, luck, wealth, and longevity. These will be affected by the feng shui of the ancestors' burial place."
"This view was especially serious in ancient times, and in ancient times, the most hated thing that was done was to dig up people's ancestral graves. In ancient times, wars often occurred, and people in the two places often had frictions, and some people would attack the ancestral graves of their enemies. , dig up the graves and let the ancestors' corpses be exposed in the wilderness. This is to form a feud, and they will be mortal enemies for generations. The people whose ancestral graves are dug up, even if their feng shui and luck as descendants are not destroyed, are very likely to become seriously ill. One game.”
I nodded. Ancestral graves are still very important. It's like saying, if someone digs up my ancestral graves in Mojiacun, I will definitely make them pay with their blood.
"So many people, in order to avoid being retaliated against and having their ancestors' graves dug up, came up with a way to hang coffins. They drilled holes in the cliff, or found caves and put the coffins up, so that the enemies would not be able to find them, or they would not be able to find them. Way to destroy.”
The fourth uncle explained it in an easy-to-understand manner, and I understood it immediately.
"And this hanging coffin will not change its position. It's not like some land changes. Many people have lost their ancestral gravesites. No one wants the cliff, and no one will touch your coffin."
It dawned on me then.
A ray of light suddenly appeared on the fourth uncle's face: "There must be Master's scriptures engraved on the hanging coffin. Xiaoxiang, I want to go up there."
The fourth uncle laughed at this time and patted my shoulder happily.
"Yes, yes, Wenshan, you are really discerning. Without your reminder, we might have left right now and wouldn't have discovered the hanging coffin here at all."
I rubbed my head and smiled.
The fourth uncle was also very agile. He took out the rope from his bag - the rope was not long, and Jiu couldn't reach the bottom of the cliff even if he connected two ropes together.
The fourth uncle tied one end of the rope to an iron hook and threw it towards the hanging coffin overhead.
"Crack!"
The hook caught the hanging coffin and seemed to be stuck. The fourth uncle pulled hard and put part of his body on it. He saw that the wooden frame above his head only shook slightly and was still quite strong. .
"I'll go up and copy the scriptures, you guys wait here." The fourth uncle put a blank notebook and pencil in his pocket, pulled the rope and slowly climbed up towards the hanging coffin.
His breathing became more and more distant, accompanied by the cool breeze. Soon, the fourth uncle firmly grasped a piece of wood on the wooden shelf under the hanging coffin.
He tried to shake, but he was still able to bear his own weight. He immediately kept the wood, pulled his body up with his arms, and climbed up little by little.
The wooden shelf was not big, barely big enough to hold a coffin. When the fourth uncle stood on it, he had to lean on the side of the coffin, otherwise it would be very dangerous. It seemed that if the wind picked up, it would blow him down.
After a while, he spoke to us from above: "There is some bad news above. These three coffins have been exposed to wind and sun, and the Master's scriptures engraved on them have become very faded. It may cost me a lot to copy them. time."
I was relieved, it didn't matter if I spent more time, we brought dry food, at least we wouldn't be hungry, and if we were thirsty, we could drink some dirty water. .
After the fourth uncle said this, he let go of the hand holding the coffin, and then he actually made a very bold move!
He jumped towards the side of the cliff, and his body in the air left the wooden frame!
My eyes widened and I had no idea what this was doing, but the next second, the fourth uncle's body suddenly disappeared, and there was a sound of his feet landing.
"How can it be!"
Immediately afterwards, the fourth uncle's voice came from above our heads: "When there is bad news, there is good news. I found a cave above. I think the coffin was also transported up from this cave. I can't see it here yet. At the end, it was probably dug out by the ancestors at that time.”
I was ecstatic, because if the coffin could be transported up there, there would be a normal way out, so we could get out!
The fourth uncle said at this time: "Xiaoxiang, please bring Wenshandu here. There is no water here and the environment is better."
A long-lost smile appeared on the cook's face.
After exploring the cave all day long, people's spirits have been in a tense state. Now that they have received the good news, they can relax a bit.
But I turned to look at her, and I suddenly thought of the time at Hongshuishan Zoo, when Liu Ruxiang took me up and down the cliff, her body pressed tightly against her...
Liu Ruxiang seemed to see through my inner thoughts directly through her eyes, and said coldly: "This time, just go up by yourself."
This stunned me.
"Ah? Master, no, I, I'm still young, I don't know how to do it at all."
"You can learn. It's not high this time. It's only two or three meters away. I'll catch you from the top. Don't worry." Liu Ruxiang snorted softly, and then grabbed the fourth uncle to stay. rope.
I watched helplessly as the cook pulled the rope and climbed up little by little.
"Hey, Wenshan, come up quickly." Liu Ruxiang also jumped from the wooden shelf to the entrance of the cliff. No one was there, and only the words could be heard.
I bit the bullet and took the remaining rope. When I looked up, I felt that the height of two or three meters was like a big mountain blocking the way.
"Are you okay?" Liu Ruxiang asked mockingly from above.
"Work hard, it's only this far."
I gritted my teeth.
There are only two times in a man's life when he can't do it. The first one is in front of a woman. If he can't do it, he will never be able to hold his head up. It will be a lifelong scar. The second type is that when you are dying, people around you will say, "So and so is dying, please come back."
I held the rope tightly, but felt a little unsafe, so I quickly tied the rope around my body.
I took a few deep breaths, deliberately not looking down at the abyss below.
Liu Ruxiang shined a flashlight on my head, and I put my own flashlight in my backpack.
At this time, hold your breath, close your eyes, and then slowly let the rope bear your weight and start hanging your body on the rope.
In order to ensure nothing went wrong this time, I also used the Golden Body Technique.
Recite the Dharma in your mouth, meditate and breathe in until the hot air in your mouth surges in your meridians.
Some parts of my body gradually felt as if they were full of strength. At this time, I grabbed the rope with both hands and climbed up.
The weight of my whole body and the luggage I was carrying were all pressed on these arms. I gritted my teeth and gasped, and my body was slowly rising.
Liu Ruxiang looked at me quietly from above. When I climbed halfway, she nodded in approval.
But what he said was chilling.
"Hurry up. Didn't you eat? Look at how fast I was just now?"
How could a mouth with a temperature of 37 degrees say such cold and heartbreaking words?
I looked at the cook with tears in my eyes, and the speed of my hands was also increasing. Fortunately, nothing happened, and I climbed onto the wooden shelf in one breath. With the help of Liu Ruxiang, I was able to Come up.
The fourth uncle was standing at the entrance of the cave, looking at me with a straight face.
"Come on, let's continue walking towards this cave."
This cave is much better than the one below. There is almost no deep water, and some of the water on the ground flows out along the entrance of the cave.
We walked forward for a hundred or two hundred meters without noticing any movement along the way, but just at this moment, a flashlight of light suddenly shone directly in front of us not far away!
The three of us were all stunned. It is self-evident what this means. There is someone in front of us, so there is a high probability that this person will be Chen Yulin from the Chen family in Shuanghu Town!
The person at the end of the cave immediately saw the light of the flashlight we were holding, then quickly turned off his own flashlight and ran behind him.
"Tap-tap-tap-"
The sound of running footsteps was clearly audible. Liu Ruxiang and the fourth uncle turned their heads and glanced at each other. They understood clearly without saying anything. They nodded in agreement and ran towards the front.
Liu Ruxiang pulled out the dagger from her body with one hand, and took out her unique skill, the iron stick, with the other hand.
When Liu Ruxiang swung this thing, it was like a dart. He could hit it almost wherever he wanted and couldn't dodge it at all.
I knew I couldn't hold back at this time, so I quickly followed up.
But there is still some distance between him and the master and the fourth uncle. Firstly, it is because he cannot catch up, and secondly, because he is still like a dog.
The footsteps in front of us, our footsteps, were moving quickly through the cave. And the person in front turned off the flashlight and stumbled around in the cave.
"Old dog, stop here, don't run, stop!"
"Chen Yulin, don't run away!"
The fourth uncle and Liu Ruxiang both shouted angrily, "We came all the way just to get a Dharma scripture that can subdue Feitian's head." And he also prepared a reward. The Golden Needle Compass is exactly what he wants. We really can't figure it out, why doesn't he cooperate with us?
But at this moment, no one expected that the footsteps stopped suddenly.
A voice came from the dark passage in the distance: "Are you from the Liu family of Yumen? Stop chasing me, stop chasing me."
This voice was none other than Chen Yulin, the old man of the Chen family.
